Jeff Mills Coastal Vacations Club Blog

Going on a trip soon out of the USA?

I am headed to Mexico. Puerto Vallarta to be exact, at the end of the month. My business partners and I are going to be deep sea fishing, surfing, golfing, swimming in beautiful pools and reviewing one of the local all-inclusive beach front resorts, called Valas Vallarta. Check out their site, www.velasvallarta.com.

It can cost over $350 a night here, but we are staying free, and that’s information for another post, another time…

In preparing for the journey to Mexico, I learned that all Americans, traveling outside the USA to Mexico, must have a valid passport as of January, 2007. Mine expired in 2004.

If you need a passport, or need to renew yours, this website is very helpful in explaining how to go about getting one.

http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html

But there is a small problem. EVERYONE will now need a passport when they leave the United States. With this new law, the Passport offices are JAMMED with requests of people trying to get settled in for summer travel, like me and my friends.

For a little extra fee, you can pay $127 and have your passport expedited to you. I did this, to make sure I did not have to watch my friends leave without me, since it says on this website, it can take 8 weeks or longer with the heavy amount of applications.

Here is the secret technique that I used to get my passport back in only 13 days.

I wrote the word “EXPEDITE” on the envelope and paid the extra bucks.

Now I can travel worry free, cause I got a new passport.

Don’t forget to renew or apply now, if you are planning to go out of the USA.

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